Every once in a while you can be reminded of a simple fact, all tools have their own ways and means, each has its little tricks and those little things that if unknown, can trip you up in unexpected places, so too is it with Unity.
**Updated for Version 1.0.0 – be aware there are some new “Getting Started” extra points, like installing C#, which is no longer installed by default.
I have written several articles on the use of VSCode with Unity through its evolution but time and tide waits for no man as the behemoth of technology marches on.
It is gaming festival season again and they really do not come much bigger than Insomnia in the UK.
Thought I would give this a go as some cunning bods have taking the decade old code of the awesome Windows Live Writer (WLW for short) and open sourced it, creating Open Live Writer
One of the biggest Tech Conferences in the UK is returning this year, refocused, re-targeted and yet still as big as ever. Compressed down to just two days (1 business and 1 technical) it offers a fast paced and intensive experience to get everyone up to speed.
FBX as a standard for 3D model files has been around a while now, it is robust and commonly used simply because formats like .X (DirectX) and obj (Wavefront) either are not supported or implementations can vary (but everyone always has an opinion on which format is their favourite. Use what you prefer!).
It should come as no surprise to anyone that the dream of Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) experiences has accelerated in recent months/years with the evolution of newer and more modern technologies and techniques. Many companies, Kickstarter’s and freelance coders / architects are steadily bringing about the Reality revolution. Whether we are actually there yet or there is still a way to go before there is full consumer acceptance of VR/AR (like Cars and mobile phones do today) is a point of debate. Anyone however who has tried at least one Demo though will tell you they are very impressed.
Today (September 10th) marks another notch in the VS Code journey to become THE lightweight multi-platform editor, the one editor to rule them all.
Note, UI Extensions project now updated for 5.2 (with its pesky updates), together with a 5.2 asset. Enjoy
Time is always against us, especially when your building your projects, tweaking your code or just getting ready for a release, wading through mountains of contracts, marketing PR or getting greenlit.
As promised for a while now, I am writing a series of tutorials for updating the GUI in my Mastering Unity 2D Game Development book to the all new and sparkly UI system that Unity introduced In version 4.6.
For a long time MonoGame had only spurious updates and not a lot of outward activity (as opposed to the frantic and sometimes chaotic internal goings on in the mass of community contributions), this garnered such comments as “Is MonoGame dead?”.
Note, this article has now been superseded with a new version for the VSCode 0.8.0 release and the new Unity Asset plugin
http://darkgenesis.zenithmoon.com/vscode-and-unity-take-another-bold-step-forward/
On day 1 of the Microsoft Build conference, Microsoft announced an all new, streamlines and lightweight code editor called Visual Studio Code. The big thing about this announcement is that it’s available for Windows, Mac and Linux natively (deployed as a modern cross-platform web app judging by it’s innards).